Albert King
Live Wire/Blues Power
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AMG Review of Live Wire/Blues Power
Thom Owens
All Music GuideLive Wire/Blues Power is one of Albert King's definitive albums. Recorded live at the Fillmore Auditorium in 1968, the guitarist is at the top of his form throughout the record -- his solos are intense and piercing. The band is fine, but ultimately it's King's show -- he makes Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" dirty and funky and wrings out all the emotion from "Blues at Sunrise."
Excuse me Miss, your age is showing.....
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